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On 9 Dec 2013, at 22:21, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 9:13 PM, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> =
wrote:
>>=20
>> (I don't care if it's JSON, XML or smoke signals just so long as it =
isn't hideously slow).
>>=20
> You have described exactly what we are trying to accomplish. Thank =
you!

OK, great, can you have an implementation by COB Friday? :)

Although seriously, I do wonder what the best way to implement it would =
be.

I can imagine modifying /bin/sh to have such a feature would be somewhat =
controversial..

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